57TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT (2ND/10TH DRAGOONS), RCA

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LINEAGE

This Reserve Force regiment originated on
10 May 1872 and incorporates the following
regiments.

?The 57th Field Artillery Regiment (2nd/10th
Dragoons), RCA originated in Oak Ridges, Ontario
on 10 May 1872, when the ?2nd Regiment of
Cavalry' was authorized to be formed.1 It was
redesignated the '2nd Dragoons' on
1 January 1893.2 On 15 December 1936 it was
amalgamated with the 10th Brant Dragoons (see
below) and redesignated the '2nd/10th Dragoons'.3
It was redesignated the ?2nd/10th (Reserve)
Dragoons' on 7 November 1940.4 On 1 April 1946,
it was converted to artillery and redesignated the
'57th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (2nd/10th
Dragoons), RCA'.5 It was redesignated: '57th Light
Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (2nd/10th
Dragoons), RCA' on 12 April 1960;6 and '57th Field
Artillery Regiment (2nd/10th Dragoons), RCA' on
10 December 1962.7 It was reduced to nil strength
and transferred to the Supplementary Order of
Battle on 1 April 1970.8

Notes :
The 2nd Dragoons were authorized a Reserve order of battle
counterpart on 1 November 1920 (GO 185/20). The reserve unit
was disbanded on 14 December 1936 (GO 3/37).

The 2nd Dragoons were disbanded for the purpose of
reorganization on 15 April 1921 and reorganized the same day
(GO 113/21). This change was administrative and does not affect
the lineage of the regiment.

The 2nd Dragoons were disbanded for the purpose of
amalgamation on 14 December 1936 and reorganized the next
day (GO 158/36). This change was administrative and does not
affect the lineage of the regiment.

The 10th Brant Dragoons originated in Brantford,
Ontario on 1 April 1909, when the '25th Brant
Dragoons' were authorized to be formed.9 It was
redesignated the '10th Brant Dragoons' on
15 March 1920.10 On 15 December 1936, it was
amalgamated with the '2nd Dragoons', as above.

Notes :
The 10th Brant Dragoons were disbanded for the purpose of
reorganization on 1 October 1920 and reorganized the same day
(GO 230/20). This change was administrative and does not affect
the lineage of the regiment.

The 10th Brant Dragoons were authorized a Reserve order of
battle counterpart on 1 November 1920 (GO 185/20). The reserve
unit was disbanded on 14 December 1936 (GO 3/37).

The 10th Brant Dragoons were disbanded for the purpose of
amalgamation on 14 December 1936 and reorganized the next
day (GO 158/36). This change was administrative and does not
affect the lineage of the regiment.

Headquarters Location

OPERATIONAL HISTORY

The First World War

Details from the 2nd Dragoons were placed on
active service on 6 August 1914 for local protection
duties.11

The Second World War

The regiment mobilized the '2nd/10th Dragoons,
CASF' for active service on 12 May 1942.12 On
3 September 1942, it was converted to infantry and
redesignated '1st Battalion, 2nd/10th Dragoons,
CASF'.13 It served in Canada in a home defence
role as part of Atlantic Command.14 The battalion
was disbanded on 10 November 1943.15

2. No authority for a change of designation of cavalry units in 1892 is contained within the applicable Militia General Orders or Annual Militia Report sessional papers. However, the date of 1 January 1893 is consistent with the nomenclature used in the aforementioned sources of 1893 and the Department of Militia and Defence, The Militia List of the Dominion of Canada, 1893. (GO 21/93 - Establishment Lists of the Active Militia of the Dominion of Canada for the Financial Year 1893-94) / Les Ordres Généraux de la Milice ou les textes de séances du rapport Annuel de la Milice, ne comportent aucune autorité quant au changement d'appellation des unités de cavalerie en 1892. La date du 1er janvier 1893 correspond toutefois à la nomenclature utilisée dans les sources de 1893 mentionnées précédemment ainsi que par le Ministère de la Milice et de la défense, The Militia List of the Dominion of Canada, 1893. (GO 21/93 - Establishment Lists of the Active Militia of the Dominion of Canada for the Financial Year 1893-94).

14. Colonel C.P. Stacey, Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Volume 1, Six Years of War (Ottawa, 1955), p. 536.

15. GO 15/44.

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